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Cutting balloon angioplasty on branch pulmonary artery stenosis in pediatric patients

Harrison Cobb, Beverly Spray, Joshua Daily, Amy Dossey, Michael J. AngtuacoArkansas Children’s Hospital and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.United States Catheterization and Cardiovascular InterventionsCatheter Cardiovasc Interv 2021; 98: 526-532DOI: 10.1002/ccd.29803 AbstractObjectives: To identify medium-term results following cutting balloon angioplasty (CBA) for branch pulmonary artery stenosis (PAS) and predictors of successful intervention.Background: CBA has emerged as a successful […]

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Non-invasive MRI Derived Hemodynamic Simulation to Predict Successful vs. Unsuccessful Catheter Interventions for Branch Pulmonary Artery Stenosis: Proof-of-Concept and Experimental Validation in Swine

Ryan Pewowaruk, J. Carter Ralphe, Luke Lamers, Alejandro Roldán-AlzateUniversity of Wisconsin. William S. Middleton Memorial Veteran’s Hospital. United States Cardiovascular Engineering and TechnologyCardiovasc Eng Technol 2021; 12: 494-504DOI: 10.1007/s13239-021-00543-w AbstractObjective: This study assessed the ability of hemodynamic simulations to predict the success of catheter interventions in a swine model of branch pulmonary artery stenosis (bPAS).Background: bPAS commonly occurs

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Treatment approach to unilateral branch pulmonary artery stenosis

Gurumurthy Hiremath, Athar M. Qureshi, Jeffery Meadows, Varun AggarwalUniversity of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital. Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital and the University of California, San Francisco.United States Trends in Cardiovascular MedicineTrends Cardiovasc Med 2021; 31: 179-184DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2020.02.001 AbstractUnilateral proximal pulmonary artery stenosis is often seen in the setting of

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Sutureless pericardial marsupialization for the repair of congenital right pulmonary veins atresia

Yoshie Ochiai, Yusuke Ando, Shigehiko Tokunaga, Jun MuneuchiJapan Community Health Care Organization (JCHO) and Kyushu Hospital.Japan Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic SurgeryInteract Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2018; 27: 151-152DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivy024 AbstractWe present a very rare case of isolated right pulmonary veins atresia in a 4-year-old girl. As the presence of a pulsatile blind pulmonary venous confluence adjacent to

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Asymptomatic atresia of the anomalous pulmonary vein in a patient with scimitar syndrome presenting in childhood

Michael L. O’Byrne, Russell R. Cross, Gerard R. MartinThe Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia,Philadelphia. Children’s National Medical Center and George Washington University School of Health Sciences.United States Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2018; 28: 329-333DOI: 10.1017/S1047951117001822 AbstractAn asymptomatic 6-year-old boy with a history of right lung hypoplasia was referred for cardiology evaluation. Echocardiography demonstrated right pulmonary artery

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Scimitar Syndrome in Children and Adults: Natural History, Outcomes, and Risk Analysis

Hanjay Wang, David Kalfa, Marlon S. Rosenbaum, Jonathan N. Ginns, Matthew J. Lewis, Julie S. Glickstein, Emile A. Bacha, Paul J. ChaiColumbia University Medical Center.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2018; 105: 592-598DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.06.061 AbstractBackground: Scimitar syndrome involves congenital anomalous pulmonary venous return to the inferior vena cava. Optimal management remains controversial. We describe the

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Practices surrounding pulmonary hypertension and bronchopulmonary dysplasia amongst neonatologists caring for premature infants

Gabriel Altit, Henry C. Lee, Susan Hintz, Theresa A. Tacy, Jeffrey A. Feinstein, Shazia BhombalMontreal Children’s Hospital and McGill University. Stanford University and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. Canada and United States Journal of PerinatologyJ Perinatol 2018; 38: 361-367DOI: 10.1038/s41372-017-0025-3 AbstractObjective: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is associated with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). Screening strategies, a thorough investigation of co-morbidities, and

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Key technical steps in dual-pathway repair of congenital pulmonary vein stenosis

Gananjay Gopalrao Salve, Shreepal Ambalal Jain, Krishnanaik ShivaprakashSir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital.India Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic AnnalsAsian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2018; 26: 498-501DOI: 10.1177/0218492318780804 AbstractWe present the case of a 2-year-old girl with congenital stenosis of the left inferior pulmonary vein associated with a large perimembranous ventricular septal defect. The child underwent repair of the left

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Sutureless Versus Conventional Pulmonary Vein Repair: A Magnetic Resonance Pilot Study

Cornelia Tremblay, Shi-Joon Yoo, Luc Mertens, Mike Seed, Frederic Jacques, Cameron Slorach, Rachel Vanderlaan, Steven Greenway, Christopher Caldarone, John Coles, Lars Grosse-WortmannThe Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2018; 105: 1248-1254DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.11.015 AbstractBackground: Two different surgical techniques are used to repair anomalous pulmonary venous connection or pulmonary vein (PV)

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Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation and intervention for pulmonary vein stenosis in a patient with Fontan circulation

Jae-Sun Uhm, Jae Young Choi, Young Jin Kim, Tae-Hoon Kim, Boyoung Joung, Hui-Nam Pak, Moon-Hyoung LeeSeverance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine.Republic of Korea Pacing and Clinical ElectrophysiologyPacing Clin Electrophiol 2019; 42: 113-116DOI: 10.1111/pace.13515 AbstractIncidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) is high in patients with congenial heart disease. However, management of AF is challenging in these patients.

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